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Letters sent to Volkonskai︠a︡. Among the correspondents are outstanding musical figures, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Geraldine Farrar, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Eugene Ormandy, and Svi︠a︡toslav Stokowski. There are also letters from the writer Ivan Bunin.

The eight-page biographical sketch, signed M.S. (perhaps Marii︠a︡ Sobrievskai︠a︡), discusses Sobrievskiĭ's early aptitude for music, his military training, his participation in World War I, and his life in German captivity. The sketch also describes Sobrievskiĭ's emigration to Egypt where his career as a violin player flourished.